Former Houston bankruptcy judge David R. Jones moved to dismiss a suit brought by former GWG Holdings Inc. bondholders over his once-secret relationship with an attorney involved in the life insurance company’s bankruptcy.
Jones, who is represented by star litigator David Boies in lawsuits surrounding the failure to disclose the romance, served as a mediator in the GWG case. The former judge has absolute or at least quasi-judicial immunity from the civil suit, he said in a motion to dismiss filed Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
The bondholders’ suit filed in June said ...